| Final | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Inge de Bruijn | NED | 24.32s | 1. 1. | | 2. Therese Alshammar | SWE | 24.51s | 4. 2. | | 3. Dara Torres | USA | 24.63s | 2. 3. | | 4. Amy Van Dyken | USA | 25.04s | 3. 4. | | 5. Martina Moravcová | SVK | 25.24s | 5. 8. | | 6. Sandra Völker | GER | 25.27s | 6. 5. | | 7. Alison Sheppard | GBR | 25.45s | 9. 6. | | 8. Sumika Minamoto | JPN | 25.65s | 8. 7. |
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| Semi 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Therese Alshammar | SWE | 24.80s | 2. | | 2. Dara Torres | USA | 24.98s | 3. | | 3. Sandra Völker | GER | 25.22s | 5. | | 4. Sumika Minamoto | JPN | 25.43s | 7. | | 5. Katrin Meißner | GER | 25.62s | 11. | | 6. Susie O'Neill | AUS | 25.74s | 12. | | 7. Wilma van Hofwegen-van Rijn | NED | 25.87s | 13. | | 8. Jana Kolukanova | EST | 26.03s | 16. |
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| Semi 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Inge de Bruijn | NED | 24.13s | 1. | | 2. Amy Van Dyken | USA | 25.00s | 4. | | 3. Alison Sheppard | GBR | 25.32s | 6. | | 4. Martina Moravcová | SVK | 25.49s | 8. | | 5. Anna-Karin Kammerling | SWE | 25.61s | 9. | | 5. Vivienne Rignall | NZL | 25.61s | 10. | | 7. Olha Mukomol | UKR | 25.88s | 14. | | 8. Rania El-Wani | EGY | 25.95s | 15. |
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| Heat 10 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Inge de Bruijn | NED | 24.46s | 1. | | 2. Amy Van Dyken | USA | 25.04s | 3. | | 3. Martina Moravcová | SVK | 25.39s | 5. | | 4. Vivienne Rignall | NZL | 25.52s | 7. | | 4. Sumika Minamoto | JPN | 25.52s | 8. | | 6. Katrin Meißner | GER | 25.64s | 10. | | 7. Olha Mukomol | UKR | 25.67s | 11. | | 8. Jenna Gresdal | CAN | 26.79s | 38. |
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| Heat 9 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Therese Alshammar | SWE | 25.24s | 4. | | 2. Sandra Völker | GER | 25.44s | 6. | | 3. Wilma van Hofwegen-van Rijn | NED | 25.81s | 14. | | 4. Ana Belén Palomo | ESP | 25.96s | 16. | | 5. Han Xue | CHN | 26.01s | 21. | | 6. Heleen Muller | RSA | 26.07s | 25. | | 7. Eileen Marie Coparropa | PAN | 26.19s | 27. | | 8. Judith Draxler | AUT | 26.26s | 31. |
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| Heat 8 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Dara Torres | USA | 24.96s | 2. | | 2. Alison Sheppard | GBR | 25.53s | 9. | | 3. Susie O'Neill | AUS | 25.73s | 12. | | 4. Anna-Karin Kammerling | SWE | 25.79s | 13. | | 5. Cristina Chiuso | ITA | 25.99s | 19. | | 6. Sue Rolph | GBR | 26.00s | 20. | | 7. Nadine Rolland | CAN | 26.04s | 22. | | 8. Sarah Ryan | AUS | 26.05s | 23. |
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| Heat 7 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Jana Kolukanova | EST | 25.96s | 16. | | 2. Yelena Popchenko | BLR | 26.10s | 26. | | 3. Liesbet Dreesen | BEL | 26.21s | 28. | | 3. Hanna-Maria Seppälä | FIN | 26.21s | 28. | | 5. Ivana Walterová | SVK | 26.23s | 30. | | 6. Yekaterina Kibalo | RUS | 26.37s | 33. | | 7. Joscelin Yeo | SIN | 26.71s | 37. | | 8. Athina Bokhori | GRE | 26.90s | 43. |
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| Heat 6 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Rania El-Wani | EGY | 25.87s | 15. | | 2. Mette Jacobsen | DEN | 25.96s | 16. | | 3. Leah Martindale | BBS | 26.05s | 23. | | 4. Siobhan Cropper | TRT | 26.36s | 32. | | 5. Lara Heinz | LUX | 26.55s | 34. | | 6. Caroline Pickering | FIJ | 26.57s | 35. | | 7. Kirsty Coventry | ZIM | 26.58s | 36. | | 8. Jang Hui-Jin | KOR | 26.88s | 42. |
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Chiang Tzu-Ying | TPE | 26.84s | 40. | | 2. Agnese Ozoliņa | LAT | 27.28s | 44. | | 3. Pilin Tachakittiranan | THA | 27.31s | 45. | | 4. Marijana Šurković | CRO | 27.32s | 46. | | 5. Tsai Hui Wai "Sherry" | HKG | 27.38s | 47. | | 6. Chantal Gibney | IRE | 27.46s | 48. | | 7. Ladavičiūtė Jūratė | LTU | 27.54s | 50. | | 8. Elín Sigurðardóttir | ISL | 27.58s | 51. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Yekaterina Tochenaya | KGZ | 26.88s | 41. | | 2. Angelia Chuck | JAM | 27.48s | 49. | | 3. Marilyn Chua | MAS | 27.66s | 52. | | 4. Duška Radan | YUG | 27.70s | 53. | | 5. Maria Tregubov | MDA | 27.75s | 54. | | 6. Saida Iskandarova | UZB | 28.08s | 55. | | 7. Talía Barrios | PER | 28.11s | 56. | | 8. Aissatou Barry | GUI | 35.79s | 72. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Ngozi Monu | NGR | 28.20s | 57. | | 2. Tanya Anacleto | MOZ | 28.78s | 58. | | 3. Alisa Xalıyeva | AZE | 28.79s | 59. | | 4. Sherri Henry | SLC | 28.81s | 60. | | 5. Mbolatiana Ramanisa | MAD | 29.20s | 61. | | 6. Roshendra Vrolijk | ARU | 29.31s | 62. | | 7. Yuliana Mikheeva | ARM | 29.79s | 63. | | 8. Francilla Agar | DCA | 32.22s | 68. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Theekshana Ratnasekera | SLA | 29.88s | 64. | | 2. Samar Nassar | PLE | 30.05s | 65. | | 3. Runa Pradhan | NEP | 31.28s | 66. | | 4. Teran Matthews | SVG | 31.71s | 67. | | 5. Fariha Fathimath | MLD | 32.36s | 69. | | 6. Hem Reaksmey | CAM | 33.11s | 70. | | 7. Noor Haki | IRQ | 35.51s | 71. |
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| Heat 1. | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Moe Thu Aung | MYA | 26.80s | 39. | | 2. Paula Barila Bolopa | EQG | 1:03.97 | 73. | | -. Fatima Hameed Gerashi | BRN | | |
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